Yellow-winged Tanager

Yellow-winged Tanager

Thraupis abbas

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at San Pedro Sula

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

291 Verified sightings at San Pedro Sula
3,164 In all 17 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-winged Tanager

The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) is a neotropical member of the tanager family. It is of average size for a tanager, about 18-centimetre (7.1 in) long. It is distinguished by the yellow patches on its dusky green wings, marking an otherwise dark bluish and gray body. It has a pale lavender tone on its throat and breast. The juvenile lacks this color, but has an olive-green head and upper back.

Like other members of the genus Thraupis, it is a species of open humid and mesic woodland. It often forms flocks of 50 or more members. It feeds on fruit, insects, and nectar. The call is high and sibilant, and may be given in flight or while perched.

The nest of the yellow-winged tanager is a small cup-shaped nest of dried fibers, leaves, and mosses. It is placed at mid-height on trees. The female lays 3 eggs, which are gray, mottled with brown. The yellow-winged tanager is found on the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coasts from the states of Veracruz and the extreme south of San Luis Potosi in Mexico through the Yucatán Peninsula to Nicaragua, and on the Pacific coast from the Mexican state of Chiapas to Honduras.... Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Guatemala · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC880322 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Mexico · 2022

© Manuel Grosselet · XC747184 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Honduras · 2022

© Alfonso Auerbach · XC747037 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~50%
2 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
3 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
4 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
5 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~30%
6 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
7 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
8 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
9 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~10%
10 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
11 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
12 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
13 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~10%
14 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
15 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
<5%
16 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
17 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 San Pedro Sula 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
2 Guatemala City 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~40%
3 San Salvador 🇸🇻 El Salvador
~40%
4 Tegucigalpa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-winged Tanager in San Pedro Sula?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-winged Tanager sighting in San Pedro Sula on a given day, based on 291 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 15th most-seen of the 187 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-winged Tanager in San Pedro Sula?

May

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-winged Tanager in San Pedro Sula on a given day, against about 30% in March and October–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-winged Tanager?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-winged Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is San Pedro Sula the best place to see a Yellow-winged Tanager?

Yes

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Yellow-winged Tanager sightings, San Pedro Sula has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 40%) and San Salvador (El Salvador, about 40%).

Where does the Yellow-winged Tanager sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-winged Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in San Pedro Sula (291 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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